Hunter-Gatherer Violence and Warfare in Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20045604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark W Allen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 97-111 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Violence and Warfare among Hunter-Gatherers (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315415970-5 |
| OpenAlex | W2909044586 |
| ISBN | 9781315415970 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This chapter argues that Australia has much to add to the discussion of conflict in non-agricultural societies, particularly through the comparison of multiple lines of evidence. The evidence of violence and warfare in Aboriginal Australia is rich and detailed. It reveals tremendous variation across vast spaces and deep periods of time, but nonetheless shows clear patterns of conflict that date back to at least the late Pleistocene. While the study of violence and warfare in Australia has been quite limited to date, a survey of the anthropological and archaeological literature for the continent reveals three topics that form a crucial foundation for deeper investigation. The social dynamics generated by intergroup competitive relations provided a catalyst for further changes or complexification in hunter-gatherer societies, including the establishment of extensive exchange and alliance networks, craft specialists, ritual leaders, polygyny, more complex economic strategies and facilities, territorial boundaries, and semi-sedentism
Alliance · Archaeology · Ethnology · Geography · Hunter-gatherer · Pastoralism · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |